President Danilo Medina and former President Leonel Fernandez, the two main leaders of the ruling PLD party, embraced during the Saturday, 16 December 2017 wedding of Candy Sibeli Medina at the Santo Domingo Cathedral on Saturday, 16 December 2017.
The photographers were prompt to catch the embrace of the two politicians that have marked differences over who will be the party’s presidential candidate in the 2020 presidential elections. Medina successfully changed the 2010 Constitution so that he could run for re-election in the 2016 general election. There is speculation Medina would back strategies so that he could run again or position a candidate he backs versus Fernandez who is able to run for President in 2020.
Diario Libre news story on 18 December 2017 says the gesture lifts some of the tension between both. The two may meet again for the 44th anniversary of the foundation of the ruling political party. The Monday, 18 December luncheon meeting at the Casa Nacional of the party is open to the 623 members of the Central Committee of the PLD, including the 35 that are members of the Political Committee that is responsible for the most important party decisions.
The daughter of President Medina and First Lady Candida Montilla married Angel Duarte. This is the second daughter of three of the presidential couple to marry while their father is President. His first daughter to marry was Vanessa Daniela Medina Montilla who married Argentinian Martin Gonzalez Garrahan.
Candy Sibelina Medina and her mother wore dresses by Dominican designer Luis Dominguez.
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Listin Diario
Diario Libre
18 December 2017
